http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/ Engadget Comments for New York City taxi drivers threaten to strike... again http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/
2) Living in the city it would make many women, and people afraid of being ripped off fell much safer with the GPS.

3) I'm pretty sure the GPS units were meant to be installed as part of a deal the city made with the union the last time they striked. The city would make wages higher...the cabbies would put in GPS. So the fact that they are striking over this is insane. The city kept there side of the deal, but guess who didn't keep theirs...
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Kind of like George W.'s Burma is now Myanmar. :o)]]>Oct 4th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/
"and when we figure out what this greater cause for strike is, we will be the first to let you know!"]]>Oct 4th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Two if by train, one if by cab?]]>Oct 4th 2007 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/
Ouch ... eeek ... aarrgh STOP THROWING STUFF AT ME! I'm just kidding, sort of ...]]>Oct 4th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/
Second, the last fare increase was the last straw for me. The base mileage rate wasn't raised, but the rate for slow/stopped traffic went up signifigantly. The all-too-predictable result was a serious lessening of any sense of urgency on the part of the driver. After all, why should he seek out the route without traffic when having you captive with the meter clicking away is so much easier than looking for other fares.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcZs4QwZ2R8

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Think of the children... who will be able to get to school, because they weren't run off the road by a cab driver!]]>Oct 4th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 4th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/
Its so easy to screw the cabbie out of a tip though, which is probably why they hate it so much. I mean, you can always not tip the cabbie. But it is harder for them to give you shit for it with the machine.

and lol at "get in the face" of other cabbies. What morons. ]]>Oct 4th 2007 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/
This is why Unions are obsolete now.

Bah.]]>Oct 4th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 5th 2007 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/]]>Oct 5th 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 7th 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/new-york-city-taxi-drivers-threaten-to-strike-again/Oct 22nd 2007 4:00PM